Photo: Thomson M · CC BY 3.0Households in McCaysville earn less than those in 84% of U.S. towns
4% of workers have no commute at all (Georgia 16%). 16.2% of residents live below the poverty line, where Georgia as a whole has 13.4%. Jobs and income earn McCaysville D; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in McCaysville: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in McCaysville pay little
34% of the jobs based in McCaysville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Commutes from McCaysville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 353 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: McCaysville’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, McCaysville is better than 6% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds McCaysville’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (0.3%) is left out: McCaysville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, McCaysville could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far McCaysville goes to work
About 39% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Inside McCaysville’s 312 jobs
312 jobs are based in McCaysville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCaysville, 2014 → 2024: 200 → 312. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs McCaysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from McCaysville: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCaysville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 706 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of McCaysville on a workday
On a workday 343 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Blue Ridge
Where McCaysville clocks in
19% of workers
3% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Walkable streets, thin transit: McCaysville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McCaysville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Georgia, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 735 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of McCaysville households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McCaysville’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,816th of 4,312: where McCaysville ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Cataula GA | 1,522 | $124K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 258 | Clermont GA | 1,165 | $136K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,814 | New Rockford ND | 1,342 | $44K | 12.9% | 3.7% | 35% | D |
| 3,815 | Lubec ME | 1,237 | $52K | 14.7% | 2.7% | 22% | D |
| 3,816 | McCaysville GA | 1,180 | $53K | 16.2% | 0.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,817 | Fairland OK | 1,100 | $43K | 15.0% | 5.0% | 5% | D |
| 3,818 | Wheeler TX | 1,431 | $56K | 18.0% | 4.3% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of McCaysville, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
McCaysville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Copperhill (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McCaysville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCaysville | – | D | A− | 19 min | $52,593 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McCaysville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in McCaysville: questions
What is the median household income in McCaysville?
$52,593 (±$15,540) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCaysville?
16.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCaysville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCaysville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blue Ridge (19%, 8 mi), Blairsville (3%, 25 mi), Atlanta (2%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is McCaysville walkable?
McCaysville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McCaysville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCaysville, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCaysville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.